Morgan County News Highlights and Local Updates
Morgan County Red Cross office closes Monday reopening Tuesday at 8 30 AM emergency number 4643 Rev Joe Weatherly III and Mrs to speak at International Youth for Christ rally then depart for Minneapolis two week stay Police recover blue 1952 Chevrolet truck from Decatur High on Wilder Farm Worthington Corp undamaged case against Collis Brooks dismissed for lack of evidence Six court cases on police recorder docket including charges of conduct intoxicated driving without license and leaving the scene Mental Health Fund drive remains $125 short of 2500 target Mattie King Circle meets Tuesday 7 30 PM East End Methodist Church annex Note See Diary on Page 2.
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Joe Weatherly III
Youth For Christ
Minneapolis
Minn
Decatur High School
Terry and Robbins
Wilder Farm
Worthington Corp
J. B. Whitmire
Malcolm Smith
Decatur 1
Mattie King
East End
Meadows Urges Negroes to Heed Majority Sentiment
Alabama education chief says a federal court ruling grants Negroes the right to enter the University of Alabama but hopes they will follow segregationist majority sentiment. NAACP official says blacks will be urged to seek admission.
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Hobart Grooms
University of Alabama
Arthurine J. Lucy
Polly Ann Myers
Birmingham
Alabama
Austin R. Meadows
Montgomery
U.S. District Court
Meadows
National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People
W. C. Patton
NAACP
Limestone Rep Dement Advances Local Bills in House
The Alabama House passed seven local bills sponsored by Limestone Rep. J. M. Dement. The measures seek district elections for the County Board of Revenue and the County Board of Education, a county sales tax proposal, a constitutional amendment, and other local governance changes. A seventh bill targets fire protection improvements.
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Alabama House of Representatives
Limestone
J. M. Dement
County Board of Revenue
County Board of Education
House
Limestone Education and Revenue and Control Boards
Building Permits Push 1954 Total Past Record
Building permits issued in June bring the year to over 2.25 million dollars, topping the 1954 all-time high of 2.8 million. June permits totaled 386 400 for 21 houses including additions and alterations. Since January 163 houses were permitted, compared with 253 in all of 1954.
Cullman By-Pass Scare Is Ended
Cullman civic leader Don Cornish said U S Highway 31 will go through Cullman. Nelson’s informal assurance to push a city route prompted immediate condemnation actions against hold-out property owners. About 41 owners faced appraisers with eight signatories in to date.
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Cullman
Don Cornish
Sparkplug
Cornish
Nelson
Montgomery
Board of Appraisers
Com- Davis
U. S
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Katie's Kitty May Be 350 Prize Puzzle
Katie Kash reports the Bonanzagram game may reach 350 dollars as the new puzzle on page 10 promises a prize of 350. Readers are urged to submit entries by Tuesday night to claim the top prize.
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Katie
Katie Kash
Memphis Stand Victory For the In Power Fight
Senate Republican Leader Knowland hailed Memphis decision to build its own power plant as a victory for President Eisenhower and a blow to federal power expansion. He argued Dixon Yates private contract abandonment benefits the GOP in 1956 elections while Democrats foresee further fireworks.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Knowland
Eisenhower
Memphis
Dixon-Yates Power
California
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates
GOP
Trinity School seeks bus service from Lawrence County
A Trinity delegation asks the Morgan County Board of Education to help secure a bus for next year to carry Lawrence County children to Trinity School. State and Lawrence County officials previously urged Morgan County to stop sending buses into Lawrence County, a practice ended at mid year. The worn-out old bus remains in use, and local supporters still want Trinity students transported, with the board’s attorney to review potential ethics or legal issues.
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Trinity
Morgan County Board of Education
Trinity School
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Board of Education
Morgan County Board
Morgan County
Buard
Lester Wooten
Wooten
Lawernce County
Athenian Dies Mysteriously In Northern City
Athens learns a former resident George Allen Lamay 55 died in Chicago under unclear circumstances. The body identified in a Birmingham linked process was to be shipped to Athens for burial with graveside rites planned at Athens City Cemetery on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Limestone Coroner Buddy Evans said relatives matched tattoos and marks but full identification awaited confirmation.
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Athens
Chicago
George Alien Lamay
Athens City
George Allen Lamay
Limestone
Buddy Evans
Birmingham
Evans
Mrazek Funeral Home
Lamay
Prieto Jungieeeee
Marvin Riggs
Highway Patrol Distributes Safety Cards Ahead of July 4
The local Highway Patrol distributed between 12 000 and 15 000 safety cards urging drivers to slow down. A spokesman noted more cards were ordered as patrols continued on Saturday. One motorist in the area reportedly received his sixth card of the day on Highway 31.
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Highway Patrol
Dothan
Steel and Auto Wage Deals Signal Rising Prices
Wage hikes in steel and auto sectors push up labor costs and likely shop prices. U S Steel boosted steel by 7.50 a ton after a 15 cent hour rise with CIO United Steel Workers. GM and Ford agreed a 20 cent per hour package, prompting expectations of higher costs on appliances and vehicles.
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Aerotas
Washington
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steel Workers
General Motors
Ford
United Auto Workers
Murray Battles Sworn In as Cullman Judicial Circuit Judge
Murray Battles was sworn in Saturday morning at 9 30 as judge of the newly created Cullman judicial circuit. He was appointed by Gov James E Folsom and will earn about 9000 dollars with a county supplement. The swearing in was performed by Cullman County circuit clerk John Sparks in the presence of local attorneys and friends. A circuit solicitor had not been named as of Saturday night with Rep Bryce Davis noted and R W Bob Sapp expected to be offered the post.
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Cullman
Murray Battles
Cullman Judicial Circuit
James E. Folsom
John Sparks
Bryce Davis
R. W
Bob) Sapp
Abe
Flour Mill UTW Renew Contract in Decatur
Alabama Flour Mills of Decatur and United Textile Workers of America 191 renew a one year pact with wage gains of three to five cents per hour. The agreement includes a foremen and steward promoted seniority system, Sunday time and a half, payroll moved to Tuesday, double indemnity life insurance at no cost, and improved hospitalization at no cost to the employee.
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Alabama Flour Mills
Decatur
United Textile Workers of America
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning was 21.85 feet, up 31 feet in 24 hours with sea level at 556.15 feet. Friday high 94 at 3 pm. Saturday low 70 at 4 am. Saturday 8 am 82, 11 am 94, 4 pm 94 as the day’s high. Partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered thunderstorms today and tonight. high around 93.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Ex-Con Charged In Fatal Shot Near Cullman County
Phillip Kyle reports ex convict Dock Freeman 43 of Bug Tos sell community is jailed on public safety incident charges after a fatal shooting Friday night near Homer Boyd's former crime scene in Cullman County. Sammy D Freeman 28 died from a close range wound after an exchange with his uncle. Witnesses Noah Freeman Bremen and Jimmy Dale Dutton provided statements as investigators seek motive.
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Dock Freeman
Cullman County
Freeman
Sammy Freeman
Schlosser
Cullman
Jasper
Homer Boyd
Sammy D. Freeman
Boyd
Dock
Noah Freeman
Bremen
Jimmy Dale Dutton
Leon Tidwell
Annual Holiday Slaughter Is On
Fatal accidents cut short the Fourth of July weekend with at least 82 traffic deaths since 6 p.m. Friday, plus 11 drownings and 22 other accidental deaths, raising toll to 105 by late afternoon. The National Safety Council had estimated 380 traffic deaths for the 78 hours ending Monday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Tri-Cities Mayors Invite TVA Officers Visit Muscle Shoals
Florence mayor Walter N. Harrison and Sheffield mayor C. L. Beard invite TVA officials including Chairman Herbert D. Vogel to visit Muscle Shoals to discuss locating TVA headquarters there. They offer to guarantee housing for 500 TVA staff, but Vogel declined to move headquarters from Tennessee.
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Tri-Cities
TVA
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Walter N. Harrison
C. L. Beard
Sheffield
Tennessee Valley Authority
Herbert D. Vogel
Knoxville
Vogel
Tennessee
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W. H. Long
Collis Brooks
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Tom Leslie
Buckley
Vik
U.S
John M. Hightower
Russia
Geneva
Dulles
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Dement Bills Clearing House
Sen. Knowland
Lawrence
George Lamay
Battles
2Nd Ave
Arnold Morgan
Echo Valley Boys
Betw Grant
Johnston St
UTW
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